I posted a few years ago about the search for my 2nd Great Grandmother Margaret Stinson’s parents. I did finally figure out back in 2012 who her family was although I continued to search for more proof. Earlier in this past January I had a new 4th cousin DNA match pop up on AncestryDNA. I […]

Earlier today Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced that they would be digitizing the 650, 000 Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) records starting in March 2014. These will be made freely available online. Starting with surnames A to D they should be online by this summer! For more information visit the LAC blog.

My 5th Great Grandfather on my direct maternal line is Adam Howatt born abt. 1785 in Tryon, PEI. Adam died 23 Nov. 1871 in Augustine Cove, PEI. He was the son of James Howatt and Marguerite Ulrich. My brick wall on this line is Adam’s first wife. All the trees I’ve ever found show it […]

I was really excited when I received an email a few days ago announcing that Legacy 8 was now available. While Legacy isn’t my main genealogy program I do like it. I was especially looking forward to trying out their new shared facts/events feature. Shared facts is an option that I use often in RootsMagic. […]

RootsMagic is my main genealogy program. One feature it has that I just love is the ability to share facts between individuals. Any fact can be shared, when entering a baptism you can share it to the god parents/sponsors. You can share it to the minister. When sharing a census you can share it to […]

I’ve been doing a lot of research the past few months but just haven’t had a chance to post about it here. One of my interests right now is my 3rd Great Grandmother Keziah Bevins born 19 Oct 1797 in New York. The birth date comes from later records as I have not yet been […]

When I was on Fold3 the other day I noticed a new feature. You can now save a record directly to a person on your Ancestry.com tree. This doesn’t really surprise me as Ancestry bought Fold3 not that long ago. I’m glad they decided to make this available! I decided to give it a try […]

Organizing your digital files is so important. It is so easy to misplace important files in the abyss of your hard drive! Not to mention having your files properly organized makes it so much easier to back up your data to the cloud or an external hard drive for safe keeping. When I first started adding my genealogy records […]

I am a huge Evernote fan and I’ve used it daily for the past few years. I’ve found it to be a wonderful help when I’m researching. I can clip webpages, forum comments, images and make notes for the person or area I’m researching. Evernote does have a flaw that I’ve had many genealogy friends […]

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